You can never have a completely great day.
We started out the day with a busman's holiday. Lisa had to take me shopping as we are going to be going to the American Cancer Society Pink and Black Tie Gala. Stacy is the host and we are going to support her like we did last year when I got all that port and the Frank Sinatra photo for my wall. They have a silent auction where you can bid on donated items for the charity. It is a lot of fun and you can get some good stuff and it is for a great cause.
Anyway we went to Men's Warehouse and I got a couple of suits and some shirts and ties and a belt and some shoes and those gay handkerchiefs for my pocket. We had to get back to the store for 3pm because Lisa had a phone interview about the show. We are starting to do interviews. Some are on the phone and some will be in person. We are set up for "The Today Show" and "Live at Five" on Channel Five and Anderson Cooper.
Of course Lisa keeps calling him Cooper Anderson.
Anyway I needed clothes for this shit and we stocked up. But then when we got back they had emailed us to tell us that the website for "Big Brooklyn Style" has gone live. And of course it is fucked up!
The first photo they had of Lisa was horrible. You see they take continuity shots every day to record the outfits we are wearing in case we have to wear them again later if they need to re-shoot something. So I started fucking with the kid who takes the shot by making faces and weird hand signals for his shot. Lisa picked up on it and started doing it too! Don't you know that they picked one of them for the website! This is the photo that so many of these bloggers or journalists will pull down for their stories and she looks like a crazy woman! I called and raised hell about it and they changed it.
My photo is even worse. I am behind the counter wearing a pair of broken glasses working on the computer. I look like a jerk off. But I didn't tell them to change it because I don't care. Let them pull that down. Let them pull me off. I just don't care about this. But it does suck and shows how incompetent these people really are.
Lisa was really freaking out about the photo. They changed it to a slightly better one and she sort of calmed down a little.
But you can just never have a completely great day!
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It's always something...
and those gay handkerchiefs for my pocket.
No, those aren't gay...unless they're pink. But cravats are gay.
My photo is even worse. I am behind the counter wearing a pair of broken glasses working on the computer.
Well, they are selling you as the financial/accountant/brains aren't they?
If they ever video you working on a computer from a different angle, it would be so cool if you had the ol' TY logo up on the screen.
Just for us homies.
Men's Whorehouse? That commie cocksucker Zimmerman supports OWS. Fuck him and his anti-American sentiments. Smash the window, steal the tux. In solidarity with OWS. Oh yeah!
It was that or a Hawaiian shirt and flip flops.
Which is what I normally wear but the wife laid down the law.
I am a Hawaiian shirt guy myself. No flip flops - I know where I stand.
Don't sweat the small stuff. The show will not succeed or fail based upon a fuckin' photo on a fuckin' website. You know that! Now..man up dude. There will be big issues. As Hymen Roth said, This is "small potatoes."
You do look like a bean counter in that photo. I just got a 3k bill from my bean counter for this years taxes and so your profession is not on my favorites list. Well, actually who has bean counters on their fav list when you think about it?
Lisa's picture they're using now looks great, you look very serious and fierce behind those glasses. The site seems a bit slow, I bet there are is a lot of traffic.
I actually don't care about the photo but Lisa is pissed.
I just like shit that upsets my wife.
Then she yells at me and I have to yell at someone else.
Thanks Allie. The show is being linked to "What Not to Wear" in the advertising and we are getting a lot of action from their fans.
There are a lot of things to consider. You see the website is done by kids. Interns mostly who don't have a clue. So some of the "tips" they give for plus size fashion are just wrong. So we have to swallow incorrect information on our website. WTF?
The great thing about living here in upstate New York is that dress up is a tucked in shirt. Everyday is a sweatshirt. Freedom!
I updated the post to include the link...
Good luck. I am looking forward to it!
Can you take over the website or at least have some input in the content?
Troop, I think the site looks really good and I think both you and Lisa look fierce, in your own way. I think you by the computer with the glasses look business...and kind of sexy....yum.
Don't sweat the small stuff bro.
I believe the entire enterprise is going to be a huge success.
And never forget the tits.
tits.
I like it. Lisa looks so cute, friendly and inviting..... in a "come on in and we will find you something to make you beautiful" way.
Really looking forward to the show.
I too had to make my clothing in order to find something stylish that will actually fit. Not so much anymore now that I am retired since I seem to be living in casual things like jeans, pants and tops. HOWEVER, even so it is hard to find stuff that doesn't make you look like a frump. The designers seem to think that once you get over a size 12 you have no waist and don't care about style.
You have to know what works with your body style. This is why I appreciate WNTW.
BBS will be great!! Soon to be a national franchise.
"And never forget the tits."
LOL
A spandex wrap front top with a deep V cut. Works for me and shows that I HAVE a waist as well as tits! Wore one the other day with some dark boot cut jeans and heels and got a LOT of compliments.
I wear mostly shirts like this. I'm the cutting edge in the realm of fashion in the Smokey Mountains.
@ Windbag
Dumbplumber (my hubby) wears CarHart Tshirts, blue chambray shirts and 501 jeans almost exclusively. We recently had to buy (like Trooper) a nice jacket and some dockers to wear to a funeral and wedding. Still hanging in the closet in a plastic bag in readiness for the next dress up occasion. Whenever that will be.
Real fashion plate...the Dumbplumber
We all get real dressed up in the country.
:-D
I like when women wear things like that DBQ.
It is nice that they show and acknowledge that they have a set of tits.
Covering them up is shameful and unpatriotic.
tits.
@DBQ: I would wear a higher quality of t-shirt, except I'm very apt to get bleach on my clothes, so I stick with what I consider to be the disposable quality. My closet is actually divided into my work t-shirts that I don't care about and my dressy t-shirts that I wear for special occasions.
There's a suit or two in the back for when someone dies, which seem to be getting more frequent use. I don't attend weddings.
I wear Wal-Mart t-shirts and boxer shorts and Carhartt jeans. That is when I'm not wearing my bibs or coveralls. I had to move my wood pile so I could build a roof over that area, and wore the bibs today. Since tomorrow is Sunday, I'll probably go with the Carhartts. I'm going to Menards tomorrow to buy some lumber and steels panels, so I want to look my best.
Oh! I almost forgot, my socks are also from Wal-Mart.
That's a Wal-Mart t-shirt in my photo. They come in a lot of different colors, which is very fashionable.
The company I used to work for gave away a lot of t-shirts. Even after I left there I had friends who would keep me supplied with gimme t-shirts covered with the company logo. They are getting worn slap out.
A comedian once said something about one clothing molecule attached to another still makes the object clothing. My shirts are getting to that point. Eventually I will have to buy a t-shirt for the first time since the late 80s. For a cheap guy such as myself, that'll be a sad day indeed.
Troop, are there Big Brooklyn Style t-shirts? If so, can you get AllenS on the list for a couple?
And Sixty too.
@ Allen.
I love WalMart tee shirts for working around the house and in the yard.
I can get spots on a $35 Macy's tee shirt or a $3 WalMart shirt, just the same. No brainer. Buy WalMart.
Hubby buys his work boots there too. Because he spends a lot of time on his knees plumbing, the tops of the toes on his boots wear out from rubbing on concrete or rocks way before the rest of the shoe. $18 WalMart boots or $160 Red Wings. Duh!!! WalMart FTW!!!
This - I wear Wal-Mart t-shirts and boxer shorts and Carhartt jeans. That is when I'm not wearing my bibs or coveralls. I had to move my wood pile so I could build a roof over that area, and wore the bibs today. Since tomorrow is Sunday, I'll probably go with the Carhartts. I'm going to Menards tomorrow to buy some lumber and steels panels, so I want to look my best. is excellent fashion advice.
Allen S deserves a cover shot on GQ. Or a full spread in the Farm and Fleet catalogue.
Trooper - you look very good in that photo. And I mean that in a very hetero male way.
Haz talks to AllenS on the phone.
Wait...missed the link...
Haz talks to AllenS on the phone.
That's not the best clip, though. Can't find that one.
"I'm not gay."
"Oh, me neither!"
"I'm so relieved."
"Me, too! What I feel for you comes from a VERY hetero place..."
He is the most interesting character I've seen emerge in my lifetime, perhaps.
You've been bumped to second place, Trooper.
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